Okay, now what?
I tried to go to bed early, but there was so much commotion on Broadway that I couldn't fall asleep. So, I decided I'd get up and take care of a little project that will actually help me sleep late tomorrow. Explanation. . .
A few weeks ago, I was trying to open one of my mini-blinds and it fell off. (Actually, it came crashing down.) The plastic was old and rotted and had become so brittle that it disintegrated. Nice, eh? So I took the other one down this week and bought new blinds to replace them. But, before I could put the new ones up tonight, I had to remove the old brackets.
Now, I believe that everyone that has lived in college housing has an understanding of the "Structural Poster." (It's the poster that keeps the walls from falling down in the crappy house you're living in.) Well, tonight I encountered the "structural mini-blind."
I had to get out the toolkit and pry the old brackets off. In doing so I found that the blinds had actually been holding the window sills together and had also been hiding the fact that the windows were falling out. Yes, falling out. As in, gap at the top that I could almost stick my whole hand through.
Near as I can tell, the top pane of my windows are supposed to be stationary. Argh. Structural mini-blinds. Who knew?
I am, however, proud to report that I think all has been fixed. It took several random nails and sheetmetal screws, but at least I know nothing will be falling down any time soon.
Whewhoo! There's no stopping a woman with a toolkit.
Posted by Amanda at August 30, 2003 11:56 PM
